Research Organization Registry (ROR)

All ROR IDs and metadata are provided under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. There are no restrictions on access to and use of ROR IDs and metadata.

Content on the ROR website is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

ROR code is publicly available on Github under a MIT License.

ROR is community-supported, community-driven, community-funded open infrastructure. The community-based aspect of ROR sets it apart from similar efforts in this space.

The wider ROR community includes users and stakeholders from around the world and across many types of institutions and industries, including publishers, libraries, platform providers, university research offices, data repositories, CRIS systems, government agencies, funders, and more. Community members engage with ROR and with fellow community members through its Community Advisory Group, bimonthly community calls, Steering Group, and Curation Advisory Board, as well as through more informal community discussion forms.

ROR published an analysis of its alignment with the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure in December 2020.

ROR is operated as a collaborative initiative by California Digital Library, Crossref, and DataCite. The three ROR governing organizations collectively assume and share responsibility for ROR governance, operations, resourcing, and decision-making. These responsibilities are defined in a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA).